Dante Miguel Gebel | |
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| Born | July 6, 1968 Billinghurst, Argentina |
| Religion | Pentecostal Evangelical Christian |
| Nationality | Argentinian |
| Spouse | Liliana Gebel |
| Children | Brian Federico, Kevin Daniel, Jason Anthony, Megan Lilian |
| Parents |
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| Denomination | Assemblies of God |
| Occupation | Pastor, Writer, Artist |
| Church | River Church https://river-arena.org/ |
Dante Gebel (born July 6, 1968, in Billinghurst, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine writer, pastor, talk show host and television personality, best known for hosting the Dante Night Show on TV Azteca and Dante’s Divine Night on Channel 9 (Argentina), for which he won a Martín Fierro award in year 2023 as best television presenter at the ceremony that took place at the Manuel Artime theater in Miami. [1]
Early life
Dante Gebel was born into a working-class family. His mother was of English descent and his father of German origin. He himself has recounted in several of his sermons that his father was an alcoholic.[ citation needed]
When his mother became pregnant with him, she fell ill with cancer. Dante's older brother took his parents to an evangelical church service where a pastor prayed for his mother's healing. Soon after, Mrs. Gebel's illness disappeared spontaneously. His father Federico gave up alcohol and attended church with his family for the rest of his life.[ citation needed]
He affirmed in an interview with Cristianos al dia channel that he has Asperger syndrome. [1]
In his adolescence he began to serve in the church as a musician playing the drums, as a singer and accompanying evangelists in various campaigns. In 1990, he married Liliana and they began directing the radio program "Línea Abierta, prohibited for adults". The program was very well received and from then on some churches began to invite him to preach at evangelistic events.[ citation needed]
In 1996 he rented the José Amalfitani Stadium also known as Vélez Sarfield in Buenos Aires to carry out an evangelical event known as the Superclasico . It had the participation of the politician an singer Palito Ortega [2] The attendance was 50,000 people who came from all over the country. Subsequently, the 'Superclasicos' were held again until 2020 in different places such as the River Stadium, the Plaza del Obelisco de Buenos Aires or Luna Park. [3]
Pastor
From 2009 to 2012, he was pastor of the Hispanic church at Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, California [4] The number of persons attending the cathedral's Hispanic Ministry was increased from 300 to 3,000 since Gebel took over in 2009 [5] . After that the congregation moved to the Anaheim Convention Center and was renamed Favorday Church [6]
He currently pastors the Hispanic megachurch River Church in Anaheim, California.
On May 14, 2019, Dante prayed in the celebration of the 71 years of independence of the state of Israel in Uganda. The event was led by Israel's deputy ambassador, David Eyal, and took place at the Kololo Pavilion in Kampala. [7]
Gebel gave a speech and prayed for the President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele at his inauguration ceremony on June 1, 2019. [8]
He is the author of several books written in Spanish.
Books
- Pasión de multitudes ISBN 9780829755039
- Las arenas del alma ISBN 9780829743579
- El código del campeón ISBN 9780829738292
- Marea Baja ISBN 9781418597580
- Low Tide (English) ISBN 1520097476
- Destinado al éxito ISBN 9780829756227
- El amor en los tiempos del Facebook ISBN 9788491390855
References
- ^ "Dante Gebel Confesó en Entrevista Que tiene un sindrome de autismo". Cristianos al dia (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "Palito aclaró que no es evangelista". Clarin Register (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "El superclasico de la juventid, en River". Clarin Register (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Crystal Cathedral's tale of two ministries". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Crystal Cathedral's Latino revival?". GetReligion. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Popular Hispanic church to leave Crystal Cathedral". Orange County Register. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Uganda celebrates Israel's 71st Independence". Vision group. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Palabras de acción de gracias pastor Dante Gebel". Gobierno del Salvador (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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